Russia

Kazak Clans Fall Out

Clans rivalries and power struggles are an increasing source of instability in Kazakstan

21 Feb 05

A burgeoning trade in petrol smuggling is costing the Kyrgyz government millions of dollars in lost taxes.

21 Feb 05

A draft law addressing the problems of Tajik victims of the Chernobyl disaster has been delayed because of lack of funds.

21 Feb 05

Theft of non-ferrous metal plays havoc with business and industry.

21 Feb 05

Police threaten to send a prominent human rights activist back to a mental hospital - but she says she won't give up.

21 Feb 05

Russia, China and the US are building relationships with Kyrgyzstan - but can it survive their threefold embrace?

21 Feb 05

Officials and ordinary citizens live in constant fear as the Turkmen president stamps on potential opposition - real or imagined.

21 Feb 05

People on overseas travel blacklist bribe venal officials and hire smugglers to get out of the country.

21 Feb 05

President uses international media event to rule that a controversial law is unconstitutional.

21 Feb 05

People in the south of the republic are refusing to leave for safer areas despite latest landslide deaths.

21 Feb 05

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